Gamification and Games for Improvement of Public Speaking Skills

Presentation Slides

Cited Resources:

• Caillois, R. (1961). Man, play, and games. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
• Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Nicholson, S. (2010). Everyone plays at the library : Creating great gaming experiences for all ages. Medford, N.J: Information Today.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Strategies for Meaningful Gamification: Concepts behind Transformative Play and Participatory Museums. In the Proceedings of Meaningful Play 2012, Lansing, Michigan.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Completing the Experience: Debriefing in Experiential Educational Games. In the Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies. Winter Garden, Florida:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. 117-121.

Games Discussed/Played:
Salad Bowl/Nounsense
Story Cubes
Spyfall
Tapple
"Um/Like Game"
Flaming Goat/Mystery Games
Snake Oil

Gamification and Gaming in an Academic Environment: How to Design and Implement Gameification in Higher Education

Presentation Slides

Cited Resources:

• Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2004). Flow, The Secret of Happiness. TED.com
• Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Kim, B. (2014). Understanding gamification. Library Technology Reports, 51(2), 1-36.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Completing the experience: Debriefing in experiential educational games. In the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies. Winter Garden, FL: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.
• Squire, K. (2011). Video games and learning: Teaching and participatory culture in the digital age. New York: Teachers College Press.

Games Discussed:

Fun Fridays 

Games & Gambling 

Gameshows

• Eckenrode, Dawn. "An 'Amazing Race' through the Library: Reality Television Meets Problem-Based Learning." In Practical pedagogy for library instructors: 17 innovative strategies to improve student learning, edited by Douglas Cook and Ryan L. Sittler, 127-38. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.

Digital Badges in higher education

Foldit 

EteRNA

 Um/Like game (etc.) for public speaking
Literature: Role play

• Nicholson, S. (2010). Everyone plays at the library : Creating great gaming experiences for all ages. Medford, N.J: Information Today.

Commercial tabletop games for education

• Mayer, B., & Harris, C. (2010). Libraries got game: Aligned learning through modern board games. Chicago: American Library Association.    
• Spyfall
• Resistance
• Betrayal of House on Haunted Hill 

Lyco Map Game

• Broussard, M.J.S. (2016). The Lyco Map Game: A blended approach to teaching campus history. In M. Gregor and S. Rice (Eds.), E-learning and the academic library: Essays on innovative initiatives (pp. 25-38). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Game creation

Design and Best Practices:

• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). Knowing when to create a game. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (pp. 30-41). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). A bag of tricks for successful library games. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (203-216). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M. J. S. (2012). Digital games in academic libraries: A review of games and suggested best practices. Reference Services Review, 40(1), 75-89.

 

 

How Gamification Works: Fostering Behavior for Postive Effects (American Corners)

Presentation Slides

Cited Resources:

• Biles, M.L., & Plass, J.L. (2016). Good badges, evil badges? Impact of badge design on learning from games." In Muilenburg, L.Y., & Berge, Z.L. (eds.) Digital badges in education: Trends, issues, and cases (pp. 39-52), New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
• Kim, B. (2014). Understanding gamification. Library Technology Reports, 51(2), 1-36.
• Nicholson, S. (2012) Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Completing the Experience: Debriefing in Experiential Educational Games. In the Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies. Winter Garden, Florida:International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. 117-121.

  

Games Discussed:

Gamification in Business

• Kohl’s department store sales
• Moe’s Rock'n Rewards
• CatchAChoo (Kim)
• I Love Bees
• America’s Army

Gamification in Education

• Quest2Learn (Kim)
• Foldit
• EteRNA
Commercial tabletop games for education - see Mayer, B., & Harris, C. (2010). Libraries got game: Aligned learning through modern board games. Chicago: American Library Association.          

Gamification for Health & Safety

• Runtastic/Fitbit/Nike+
• Zombies, Run
• Speed Camera Lottery

Gamification in Libraries and Museums

• Lemontree, Ann Arbor District Library, and Pierce County Library System
• Dewey Dare
• Smithsonian
• Find the Future: Game Trailer and Mini-Documentary

Additional Resources:

• Engaging Millennials with Gamification: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxBroadway
• Changing the Game in Education: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxBerlin 
• The Future of Creativity and Innovation is Gamification: Gabe Zichermann at TEDxVilnius 

Basics of Gamification in Libraries

Slides

• Incan Gold

Background:

• Caillois, R. (1961). Man, play, and games. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
• Nicholson, S. (2012). Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.

 

Collections:

• Nicholson, S. (2009). Library gaming census report. American Libraries, 40(1/2), 44.
• Slobuski, T., Robson, D., & Bentley, P.J. (2012). Arranging the pieces: A survey of library practices related to a tabletop game collection. Evidence Based Library and Information
  Practice, 12(1), 2-17.
• Oakley, T. (2008). Circulating video games: The next step in public library service. School Library Journal, 54(4), 30-32.
• Hiss
• Spot It

Lyco Dog Mystery:

• Gregory, A. S. and Broussard, M. J. S. (2011, March 31). Unraveling the 'mystery' of the library: A 'Big Games' approach to library orientation." Presentation at ACRL 2011, Philadelphia, PA.

Lyco Map Game:

• Broussard, M.J.S. (2016). The Lyco Map Game: A blended approach to teaching campus history. In M. Gregor and S. Rice (Eds.), E-learning and the academic library: Essays on innovative initiatives (pp. 25-38). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Dewey Dare:

• Game by Eli Neiburger, described in Levine, J. (2008). Broadening Our Definition of Big Games.

Harry Potter Night:

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2013). No muggles in the library tonight! Harry Potter Night at an academic library. Library Trends, 61(4), 814-824.

Humans vs. Zombies:

• Olin, J. R. (2012). Socializing with the undead: Humans vs. Zombies & learning the library. Presentation and paper at LOEX 2012, Columbus, OH.

Minecraft events:

• Cilauro, R. (2015). Community building through a public library Minecraft gaming day. Australian Library Journal, 64(2), 87-93.

Find the Future:

• Game by Jane McGonigal described in Hohmann, R. (2011, April 1). Jane McGonigal and NYPL present Find the Future: The Game.

Discussed but not described in literature:
Hide & Seek
Easter Egg Hunt
Game Jams
Quizzo
Mystery Night

 

Additional Resources:

• Mayer, B., & Harris, C. (2010). Libraries got game: Aligned learning through modern board games. Chicago: American Library Association.           
• Nicholson, S. (2010). Everyone plays at the library: Creating great gaming expreriences for all ages. Medford, NJ: Information Today.
• Smale, M. A. (2011). Learning through quests and contests: Games in information literacy instruction. Journal of Library Innovation, 2(2), 36-55.

Designing Games for Serbian Libraries

Presentation Slides

Cited Resources:

• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). Knowing when to create a game. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (pp. 30-41). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). A bag of tricks for successful library games. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (203-216). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M. J. S. (2012). Digital games in academic libraries: A review of games and suggested best practices. Reference Services Review, 40(1), 75-89.
• Schell, J. (2008). The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses (Boston: Morgan Kaufmann), xxx.

 

Additional Resources:

For selecting tabletop games or designing game programs:

• Mayer, B., & Harris, C. (2010). Libraries got game: Aligned learning through modern board games. Chicago: American Library Association.           
• Nicholson, S. (2010). Everyone plays at the library: Creating great gaming experiences for all ages. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2010.

For game design:

• Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2004). Rules of play: Game design fundamentals. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Green Door Labs webinars.       

Space-Based Games in Libraries

Presentation Slides

Background Information:

• Caillois, R. (1961). Man, play, and games. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
• Nicholson, S. (2012) Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.
• Trefry, G. (2007, July). Big fun, big learning: Transforming the world through play. Presentation at ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium. Chicago.

Orientation Games:

Lyco Dog Mystery

• Gregory, A. S. and Broussard, M. J. S. (March 31, 2011). "Unraveling the “mystery” of the library: A 'Big Games' approach to library orientation." Presentation at ACRL 2011, Philadelphia, PA.

Lyco Map Game

• Broussard, M.J.S. (2016). The Lyco Map Game: A blended approach to teaching campus history. In M. Gregor and S. Rice (Eds.), E-learning and the academic library: Essays on innovative initiatives (pp. 25-38). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Secret Agents

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2010). Secret agents in the library: Integrating virtual and physical games in a small academic library. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 17(1), 20-30.

Clue

• Jack, E., & McMichael, J. (2014). In the library with the candlestick: Adapting Clue for the special collections library. In Kirsch, B. A. (Ed.) Games in libraries: Essays on using play to connect and instruct. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
• Smith, A. L., & Baker, L.A. (2011). Getting a clue: Creating student detectives and dragon slayers in your library. Reference Services Review, 39(4), 628-642.

Blood on the Stacks

• Donald, J. (2008). The 'Blood on the Stacks' ARG: Immersive marketing meets library new student orientation. In A. Harris, & S. E. Rice (Eds.), Gaming in academic libraries: Collections, marketing, and information literacy (pp. 189-211). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Amazing Library Race

• Boss, K., Angell, K. and Tewell, E. (2015). The Amazing Library Race: Tracking student engagement and learning comprehension in library orientations. Journal of Information Literacy, 9(1), 4-14.
• Eckenrode, Dawn. "An 'Amazing Race' through the Library: Reality Television Meets Problem-Based Learning." In Practical pedagogy for library instructors: 17 innovative strategies to improve student learning, edited by Douglas Cook and Ryan L. Sittler, 127-38. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.

Outreach Games:

Harry Potter Night

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2013). No muggles in the library tonight! Harry Potter Night at an academic library. Library Trends, 61(4), 814-824.

Also at Lycoming College, but not described in the literature:

Hide & Seek

Easter Egg Hunt

Bowling in the Stacks

Mystery Night

 

Humans vs. Zombies

• Olin, J. R. (2012). Socializing with the undead: Humans vs. zombies & learning the library. Presentation and paper at LOEX 2012, Columbus, OH.

Dewey Dare

• Game by Eli Neiburger, described in Levine, J. (2008). Broadening Our Definition of Big Games.

Find the Future

• Hohmann, R. (2011, April 1). Jane McGonigal and NYPL present Find the Future: The Game.

Additional Resources:

• Nicholson, S. (2016). Escape Rooms 101.

Gamification in Academic Libraries

Presentation Slides

Background:

• Caillois, R. (1961). Man, play, and games. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
• Nicholson, S. (2012) Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.

Collections:

• Slobuski, T., Robson, D., & Bentley, P. J. (2017). Arranging the pieces: A survey of library practices related to a tabletop game collection. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(1), 2-17.

Orientation:

• Gregory, A. S. and Broussard, M. J. S. (2011, March 31). Unraveling the “Mystery” of the Library: A 'Big Games' Approach to Library Orientation. Presentation at ACRL 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2016). The Lyco Map Game: A blended approach to teaching campus history. In M. Gregor and S. Rice (Eds.), E-learning and the academic library: Essays on innovative initiatives (pp. 25-38). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Clyde, J., & Thomas, C. (2008). Building an information literacy first-person shooter. Reference Services Review, 36(4), 366-380.
• Donald, J. (2008). The 'Blood on the Stacks' ARG: Immersive marketing meets library new student orientation. In A. Harris, & S. E. Rice (Eds.), Gaming in academic libraries: Collections, marketing, and information literacy (pp. 189-211). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Jack, E., & McMichael, J. (2014). In the library with the candlestick: Adapting Clue for the  special collections library. In B. A. Kirsch (Ed.), Games in libraries: Essays on using play to connect and instruct (pp. 125-151). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
• Smith, A.L. and Baker, L.A. (2011). Getting a clue: Creating student detectives and dragon slayers in your library. Reference Services Review, 39(4), 628-642.
• Battles, J., Glenn, V., & Shedd, L. (2011). Rethinking the library game: Creating an alternate reality with social media. Journal of Web Librarianship, 5(2), 114-131.

Outreach:

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2013). No muggles in the library tonight! Harry Potter Night at an academic library. Library Trends, 61(4), 814-824.

Education:

• Broussard, M. J. S. & Oberlin, J. U. (2011). Using online games to fight plagiarism: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Indiana Libraries, 30(1), 28-39.
• Broussard, M. J. S. (2010). Secret agents in the library: Integrating virtual and physical games in a small academic library. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 17(1), 20-30.
• Markey, K. (2010). The benefits of integrating an information literacy skills game into academic coursework: A preliminary evaluation. D-Lib Magazine, 16(July/August).
• Markey, K., Swanson, F., Jenkins, A., Jennings, B., St. Jean, B., Rosenberg, V., et al. (2009). Will undergraduate students play games to learn how to conduct library research? Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(4), 303-313.
• Battles, J., Glenn, V., & Shedd, L. (2011). Rethinking the library game: Creating an alternate reality with social media. Journal of Web Librarianship, 5(2), 114-131.
• Foasberg, N. (2017). Spyfall: Information games and scholarly conversation. College & Research Libraries News, 78(4), 218-219.

Implementation:

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2012). Digital games in academic libraries: A review of games and suggested best practices. Reference Services Review, 40(1), 75-89.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). Knowing when to create a game. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (pp. 30-41). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). A bag of tricks for successful library games. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (203-216). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Other Recommended Resources:

• Harris, A. & Rice, S. E. (Eds.), Gaming in academic libraries: Collections, marketing, and information literacy. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Kirsch, B. A. (2014). Games in libraries: Essays on using play to connect and instruct. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
• McDevitt, T. R. (Ed.) (2011). Let the games begin! : Engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
• Smale, M. A. (2011). Learning through quests and contests: Games in information literacy instruction. Journal of Library Innovation, 2(2). 36-55.

Games Discussed:

• Lyco Dog Mystery (See Gregory & Broussard, 2011)
• Lyco Map Game (See Broussard, 2016)
• Benevolent Blue (see Clyde & Thomas)
• Head Hunt
• Blood on the Stacks (See Donald)
• Clue (See Smith & Baker AND Jack & McMichael)
• Velius (See Battles et al., 2011)
• Harry Potter Wizard Duel Trivia (Broussard, 2013)
• Bibliobouts (See Markey, 2010)
• Defense of Hidgeon (See Markey et al., 2009)